MJの親友からのメッセージ

Youtubeに高画質のマイケル動画をのっけてから世界中から絶賛のコメントがメールで送られてくる。なんだかボクが褒められている気がして（実際にボクの「仕事」に対する感謝コメントもあるわけで）、いい気分になったりする。失業者も人のためになんらかの仕事を日々しているのである。

マイケルだけダンスの切れが別格。
The Jackson Five　【motown25　日本語字幕】


芸能の神が憑依。はじめての月歩き。
Michael Jackson －Billie Jean　【motown25　日本語字幕】


そんななか、マイケルと26年来の親友と名乗る女性からこんなメッセージがきた。コレクターとは難儀な生き物である。

I really hope you can find a way to read this. I am a long time friend of Michael’s and have not found a more beautifully mastered video of the Jackson 5 and Michael’s performance at the Apollo Theater in 1983 than the one you have on your YouTube site.

What I would like to know is where you got this or if you made it yourself? I really want to know if you can help me find a way to download the video without your native translations on it. I am even willing to pay you in some way so that I can have these 2 video’s.

Michael gave me a lot of things over our 26 year friendship and I have original copies of all of his music but I do not have this. I have hundreds of hours of personal video that is being re-mastered however; I will never put it on youtube because I made a promise to him when we met, that I would never sell his personal information to anyone. More now than ever because of his children.

I was at the private memorial and Mrs. Jackson has given me 25 boxes of things that Michael had set aside for me. I also have hundreds of memorabilia items that are signed by Michael. I will do most anything to get my hands on these videos. If you can help me, then I will give you something of Michael’s in return. It is important that I get them without the annotations/translations though.

The producer of this 1983 event is willing to give me a video but I don’t want to meet her terms by telling her personal things about Michael.

I am not in the music business nor an entertainer of any kind; but Michael was my friend and his children will be visiting me next month as I delivered Prince Michael and Paris Katherine and oversaw Blanket’s birth. They call me “Aunt” because I have remained in their lives.

Can you help me? What would you like in return?

Dr. ×××, Phoenix, AZ, USA

プリンスちゃんやパリスちゃんから「おば」と呼ばれているなんてマイケルとの近しさのアピール具合が胡散臭いが、なかなか刺激的なメッセージである。金持ちっぽい人からの「どんな見返りが欲しい？」なんてコメント、なんだかゾクっとするねえ。もちろん欲しいものはカネ。ボクはマイケルコレクターではないんで。

この映像のネタ元は『モータウン25』という日本で市販されていたビデオ（廃盤）。彼女の条件である日本語字幕の消去は難しい。ＡＶのモザイク消しのように字幕を消す技術がある方は連絡を。そしてどんな見返りが欲しい？ なんてね。